Author Notes
sheep & cow's milk cultured butter. cultured butter is a blessing, it's a real butter full of grassy undertones and delicious sweet cream. it's something you will smile at and enjoy without guilt. —eyeoftheavocado
Ingredients
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1 pint
raw cream
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3 tablespoons
good quality sheep's yogurt
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1 teaspoon
salt
Directions
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to make the butter you simply add the cream to a good size bowl with high walls, whisk it a bit.
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secondly, add the yogurt to the cream w/ the salt and again whisk a bit. let sit in a warm area for 8 hours or over night to culture.
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post culturing, put the ingredients in a mixer fitted w/ a paddle. once you have a lump of butter in a pool of buttermilk. shift the lump in a colander. save the buttermilk!
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flatten the butter lump and chill for 30 min.
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knead it under water in a bowl, removing the trapped pockets of buttermilk in the butter. it will sour the butter. let it dry out a bit. put it in a butter keeper or wrap it in parchment and refrigerate.
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voila! you have the uttermost delicious butter & buttermilk ready for countless adventures, you will never want to go back to store bought.
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